I've been introduced to beauty & skincare products at an early age and in my sixteen years of living, I have finally gathered my top 8 drugstore products! As much as I love my high street make up, I find drugstore products to be just as great in terms of quality. This month, I've stocked up pretty good, so continue reading whether you are on a budget or if you're new to beauty products. Tiny reminder though: All the products I post are purchased with my money and are obviously not sponsored; I do not post items that I have not tested on myself, so all of the things here work well with me. Lettuce begin! 

Last September, I posted a mini-haul of products and clothes I had purchased from Pop District Bazaar and this year, it's back & better than ever! Pop District Summer is my favourite one yet and not because it has so much cacti to die for but because the retro theme made everything feel upbeat. This year, I luckily got to go for two days -- yesterday with Hearily and Neil, and today with my mum. On the fifteenth, I didn't get to purchase any apparel because my friends weren't as fascinated as I was. Trust me when I say that I could obsess over something so quickly. I also don't blame my friends for getting mad at me for getting distracted so easily. However, my mum too loves bazaars and going heart-eyes for stalls, so we decided to drop by after lunch. Before I continue rambling, let us get on with the haul! -insert overplayed edm music right here-

Raw by Roque set up a tiny stall with the most fascinating vegan scrubs. They're also hand-made and they all smell like swish of heaven. Their range goes on from donut-shaped soaps to birthday cake scrubs. It reminds me a lot of lush except it's much personalised and I love supporting small businesses. The best part about Raw is the fact that they advocate for IRO and a percentage of their proceeds go to the animals. I purchased two scrubs -- a coffee sugar scrub which was for 380 php and a razz beary sea salt scrub for 280 php. The Razz Beary is extremely pretty in my opinion and it reminds me a lot of spacegirl which is a bathbomb from Lush.



Muse'  Kissproof lipstick seemed promising and for 150 php, it's highly pigmented. I went for the shade 012 and it's a really good color. However, it didn't work well with my dry lips and they did suggest to apply lip balm at first. The lipstick was nowhere near soft. Sorry, not sorry.

Make up Lush is a beauty lover's dream. In Cebu, it's quite difficult to get hold of high street beauty products but this stall had a wide selection. I got two new shades of Colourpop matte lippies, bumble and donut, because as I mentioned in my March favourites, I am obsessed. Also, I purchased my first Rimmel product which is this pressed powder, very well-known for setting. AND HOLY MOLY ME O MY, they had Tarte products! Tarte is very rare in this smol island, so I sort of freaked out.


Moving on to clothing, I honestly don't want to show you guys everything I bought because not gonna lie, how tiring would that be. So here I whipped up a cosy summer outfit for you. The crochet top and white high waist shorts are from VIA Clothing and I wish I could remember the price because it was a score, but it was under 500 php. The long cardigan is from the Reblog Shop and bought it for two items for 700 php. I bought a powder blue striped dress that went along with it but again, I'm a lazy ol' snorlax :-)

I named them gorgonzola & brie and it's ironic because I don't support the dairy industry.

Meet the new addition to my household, Gorgonzola & Brie! I bought these succulents from a lovely stall named Gales Garden and the lady was very nice. They had a huge selection of cacti and succulents in the cutest pots. Each of mine were for 200 php.


Last, because I'm tired of writing soz, I bought three stickers from Bea, who used to go to the same school as me. Her talent is astonishing and look at these precious babies. Her art is love, her art is life.

Overall, Pop District Bazaar put up the best online stores from IG onto one convenient venue. It was a blast. Also, thanks to my mum, Neil, and my child, Heari, for coping up with me.

All the love, regina

Let us begin with skincare. Cebu's weather has been all over the place, mostly scorching hot. Thus, causing a whirlwind of emotions on my skin i.e rash, acne, and dry skin. I've been focusing on my skin a lot recently because I am not blessed with flawless skin or a flawless face.

Moving on to beauty products. I haven't purchased as much as last month and if I did purchase something, it wasn't good enough to be posted on here. I did order a few lip products though and I couldn't help myself but show you. Trust me, you need them in your life.

Zoe Sugg, Girl Online on tour: I was a massive fan of Girl Online by Zoe Sugg despite the many rumours that spread across the internet, so when I found a physical copy of it in our local bookstore, I squealed. IT WAS THE LAST ONE! In the sequel, I could see how careful Zoe was in whipping up every chapter as my feelings are held in her palms. I am not finished with the read yet, but I am infatuated with this book. I don't know if there's such feeling towards a book to be honest. Not gonna lie, I'm not a fan of this cover as it is too vibrant or saturated. I prefer the first book's more, but it doesn't really matter, does it?

That is all for my monthly favourites! I hope this one wasn't too boring.